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Hi Alex! Well, let me tell you that it’s really great that you asked people on Tumblr who are in marine bio to help you out. That’s how I decided it’s what I wanted to do for sure, because before I never thought it was an actual possibility. Talking to people is great, because they can give you their experiences, which is definitely better than just reading about the jobs. I definitely think marine bio is a great idea for anyone passionate about it :) It is a lot of hard work. It’s not an “officey” type job. You have to wake up early, and be around animals, and get dirty and wet everyday. But, it’s totally worth it if it’s what you love. You should take a look at my presentation on my presentations tab, because I have lists of tons of things you can do with Marine Bio. It really depends on what you want to do. Do you want to work hands on with animals? Take care of the aquariums? Take care of the animals? Or maybe do research on helping animal conservation, or on animal behavior and intelligence? What animals are you interested in working with or on? If you have an idea, I’d love to help you figure it out :) Also, getting into it is challenging if you don’t live near the ocean, so if you are serious about it, you should go to a college or university that has a marine bio program, and has aquariums near it, so you can volunteer. I go to UF, which is a great school, but it’s inland, which makes it more difficult for me to get the experience I need. The main thing is experience, no matter what you do. So, start volunteering early. If you tell me what your interested in, I can help you out if you want :)
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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
TURTLE CONSERVATION FUND
Next Proposal Deadline: 1 May 2012
A Partnership Coalition of Leading Turtle Conservation Organizations and Individuals
Strategic Action Planning and Funding Support for Conservation of
Threatened Tortoises and Freshwater Turtles
(www.turtleconservationfund.org)TCF Board:
Hugh R. Quinn, Co-Chair (DoubleHQ@aol.com)
Anders G.J. Rhodin, Co-Chair (RhodinCRF@aol.com)
Gary Ades; Chris B. Banks; Kurt A. Buhlmann; Kevin R. Buley; Antone Cadi; Bernard Devaux; Eric
Goode; Douglas B. Hendrie; Brian D. Horne; Rick Hudson; Gerald Kuchling; Richard Lewis, Susan
Lieberman; Luca Luiselli; George Meyer; Russell A. Mittermeier; Vivian Páez; Hans-Dieter Philippen;
Colin Poole; Peter C.H. Pritchard; Martina Raffel; Walter C. Sedgwick; Peter Paul van Dijk; Andrew
Walde; Henk Zwartepoorte
The Turtle Conservation Fund (TCF) administers a turtle conservation and research grants program.
Awards are granted to organizations or individuals for specific conservation or research projects
dealing with tortoises or freshwater turtles, but not marine turtles, with either partial or full support
as funding allows. Awards at the present time are approximately in the $2000 to $5000 range per
project, with occasional funding up to $10,000.
Priority for funding is given to projects that focus on species that are already highly threatened
(Critically Endangered) as determined by the IUCN Red List (www.iucnredlist.org).
TCF‚s highest priority species targeted for funding are listed below.
We welcome proposals for the conservation of species other than those listed, provided a convincing
rationale is included why the species‚ conservation status merits funding from the TCF.
Award recipients enter into contractual agreement with one of our partner organizations
(Conservation International, Chelonian Research Foundation or EAZA Shellshock Campaign) to
produce the proposed work. Award recipients are also encouraged to publish at least partial results
of the supported research in the international scientific turtle journal, Chelonian Conservation and
Biology, published by TCF Alliance Partner Chelonian Research Foundation (CRF; www.chelonian.org).
For further information and application guidelines go to www.turtleconservationfund.org
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Turtle Conservation Fund
Priority Species List
Species included in this list are Critically Endangered (CR) or proposed as CR (by IUCN Red Listing
Workshops). Listed exceptions include Elusor macrurus (Mary River Turtle) (Endangered), and
Terrapene coahuila (Coahuilan Box Turtle) (Endangered).
Apalone spinifera atra (Black Spiny Softshell Turtle, Cuatro Cienegas Softshell Turtle)
Astrochelys radiata (Radiated Tortoise)
Astrochelys yniphora (Ploughshare Tortoise, Angonoka)
Batagur affinis (Southern River Terrapin)
Batagur baska (Northern River Terrapin)
Batagur borneoensis (Painted Terrapin)
Batagur kachuga (Red-crowned Roofed Turtle)
Batagur trivittata (Burmese Roofed Turtle)
Chelodina mccordi (Roti Island Snake-necked Turtle)
Chelonoidis (nigra) abingdonii (Abingdon Island Giant Tortoise)
Chelonoidis (nigra) duncanensis (Duncan Island Giant Tortoise)
Chelonoidis (nigra) hoodensis (Hood Island Giant Tortoise)
Chitra chitra (Asian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle)
Chitra indica (Indian Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle)
Chitra vandijki (Burmese Narrow-headed Softshell Turtle)
Cuora aurocapitata (Yellow-headed Box Turtle)
Cuora bourreti (Bourret‚s Box Turtle)
Cuora glabinifrons (Indochinese Box Turtle)
Cuora mccordi (McCord‚s Box Turtle)
Cuora pani (Pan‚s Box Turtle)
Cuora picturata (Southern Vietnam Box Turtle)
Cuora trifasciata (Chinese Three-striped Box Turtle, Golden Coin Turtle)
Cuora yunnanensis (Yunnan Box Turtle)
Cuora zhoui (Zhou‚s Box Turtle)
Dermatemys mawii (Central American River Turtle)
Elusor macrurus (Mary River Turtle)
Erymnochelys madagascariensis (Madagascan Big-headed Turtle)
Geochelone platynota (Burmese Star Tortoise)
Glyptemys muhlenbergii (Bog Turtle)
Gopherus flavomarginatus (Bolson Tortoise)
Heosemys annandalii (Yellow-headed Temple Turtle)
Heosemys depressa (Arakan Forest Turtle)
Leucocephalon yuwonoi (Sulawesi Forest Turtle)
Manouria emys (Asian Giant Tortoise)
Mauremys annamensis (Annam Pond Turtle)
Mauremys mutica (Yellow Pond Turtle)
Mauremys nigricans (Red-necked Pond Turtle)
Mesoclemmys hogei (Hoge‚s Side-necked Turtle)
Nilssonia formosa (Burmese Peacock Softshell Turtle)
Nilssonia lethii (Leith‚s Softshell Turtle)
Nilssonia nigricans (Black Softshell Turtle, Bostami Softshell)
Orlitia borneensis (Malaysian Giant Turtle)
Pelochelys cantori (Asian Giant Softshell Turtle, Cantor‚s Giant Softshell Turtle)
Platysternon megacephalum (Big-headed Turtle)
Podocnemis expansa (Giant South American River Turtle, Giant Amazon River Turtle, Arrau)
Podocnemis lewyana (Magdalena River Turtle)
Psammobates geometricus (Geometric Tortoise)
Pseudemydura umbrina (Western Swamp Turtle)
Pyxis arachnoides (Spider Tortoise)
Pyxis planicauda (Flat-tailed Tortoise, Flat-shelled Spider Tortoise)
Rafetus swinhoei (Red River Giant Softshell Turtle, Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle, Swinhoe‚s Softshell
Turtle)
Sacalia bealei (Beal‚s Eyed Turtle)
Siebenrockiella leytensis (Philippine Forest Turtle)
Sternotherus depressus (Flattened Musk Turtle)
Terrapene coahuila (Coahuilan Box Turtle)
Testudo kleinmanni (Egyptian Tortoise)(Source: awhaleofajob)
